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Pleural gas gangrene secondary to esophageal injury by an ingested fish bone

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We report a 73-year-old woman with right pleural gas gangrene, treated successfully by thoracoscopic debridement. The clinical course and chest computed radiography and thoracoscopy findings suggested that her condition resulted from a relatively rare esophageal injury after she accidentally ingested a fish bone. Videoassisted thoracoscopic intervention has proved useful in cases involving pleural gas gangrene.

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachigun, 329-0498, Tochigi, Japan

    Shunsuke Endo, Akira Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Fumio Murayama & Yasunori Sohara

  2. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Utsunomiya Social Insurance Hospital, Tochigi, Japan

    Shunsuke Endo, Akira Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Fumio Murayama & Yasunori Sohara

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Endo, S., Kobayashi, A., Hasegawa, T. et al. Pleural gas gangrene secondary to esophageal injury by an ingested fish bone. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 50, 178–180 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913201

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